Apparently the fruit wasn't the only thing they weren't supposed to eat ((((((((Jabs))))))))) EDIT - lol, well give them their due, they were new to this whole "life" business - they probably thought talking animals and weird men's voices in their heads was normal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bQZ6l_cq... EDIT - Michael Cullis I've known the asker for over a year now and have always found his principles to be solid. And you should stretch your brain a little and make the effort to answer instead of name-calling and deflection.
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I guess Adam would have needed to speak 'parseltongue' to even understand it...or I guess Eve did. IDK about back then but I would think it was cool to talk to snakes...maybe it was really the 'good guy' and w/o it to protect us, that sadist psychopath deity (YHWH) was free to give the 'chosen ones' a helluva time. Then the Xians came along to continue the damage.
@ Michael Cultis, I have read BOTH Genesis creation stories in the Bible...They differ slightly but no mention of what you said. I assume you read that from the book Santa dropped down the chimney and somehow it landed on your head? Regardless, w/o knowledge of what was good or evil, how would they know what the snake said was 'bad'?
Do you not know how to ascertain the meaning of a sentence despite all your extracurricular reading?
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.